Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. eco-life By Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson BRAIN SEX 4 simple brain-pleasing tips for a permanent glow for you, your partner, and the planet. Amorous gifts, sweet sentiments and tender touches - the traditions de jour - make all those who celebrate feel oh-so-good. So good, in fact, that you may want to feel like this forever. YOU CAN. THE SECRET? By stimulating the brain’s pleasure center and flooding it with “feel good” hormones you’re likely to experience V-day-like euphoria and contentment– no matter what time of year. Try these four simple, surprising, brain-pleasing ideas to make that Valentine glow a permanent fixture for you, your partner and your planet. #1 Bring on the chocolate. It’s no wonder the Aztecs associated chocolate with Xochiquetzal, the goddess of love and pleasure, and why it is the #1 food craved by American women. Chocolate contains naturally-occurring chemicals such as tryptophan, which has been linked to pleasure and fulfillment. Eating chocolate stimulates the secretion of euphoria-inducing neurotransmitters and chemicals associated with feelings of love. Show your love for the planet and the farm workers who grow cacao by choosing organic, fair-trade chocolate such as Sjaak’s (www.sjaaks.com) or Theo Chocolate (www.theochocolate.com). Make love to your brain. 18